Excavating-scoop.



JOHN W. PAGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS'.

EXCAYATING-SCOOP.

Specification o Letters Patent. Applcatonjlled September 8, 1906. 'Serial No. 333,781.

Patented March 30, 190:3.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, JOHN W. PAGE, e citizen of the United States, residing et Chicago, in the county of Coolpend tit-ete oi Illinois,

have invented e new and useful Improvement in Excavating-Scoops, of which the following-is e` specification.

M vinvention .relates to improvements in excavating Scoops, and is full)Y described and` explained in this 's ieeitieetion and shown in the accompanying c rewinge, in which-- Figure l is a. Side elevation of in v improved device in its n ornntl or excavating position; Fig. 2 is a Similzrrview of the device in-duniping position: and Fig. 3 is e top ple-n olf the device.

Referring to then drawings, A is asuitable 'scoop having et its forward end n cutting edge, and this scoop is 'pivoted preferably behind its center of grevity, und n supportingl bnil, B, so that the shovel`will norinnll),v tend to swing down to duinp its contente when released. To the forward end of the shovel is pivotelly secured e hauling-bail, C, adapted to be connected by Ineens ol' a suitable rope D, with a suitable soul-ee otl power', through the medium of which the shovel can he dragged through the materiel .to be operated upon in the ordinary wey. "l`he 39 supporting bail B, end. the, hauling-hail, C, are connected by ineens of e hengerLE, the pivotal point of which upon the heil, B, above the pivot thereof and the pivot-nl point of which on the hauling-bail is in front of the pivot thereof.

It will be obviousthat when the haulingbziil is v'drawn downward the'pivot between the henger, E, and the hanhngdnnl become:

practically n lluleruni, the hnulingheil l ecoming' e. lever of the first order,u and the tendency ol' such downward pressure upon the heil is to force upward the 'front end the shovel. In this wey the shovel een he held in e horizonte-l position to retain its contents` ns long` es may be desired, but upon the release of tension upon the hauling-rope the parts will innnedintel).r assume the position shown in Fig. 2, the shovel swinging downwerd and the contentsl being dumped es de Sired.

l elaiin as new und desire to secure h v Letters Patent:-

1. The combination with n shovel, of e supporting heil pivoted thereto to one sidey of the center ol gravity thereof, of' a straight hauling-bail pivoted tothe front of seid shovel and a link pivotelly secured at its ends to seid hails eccentric-to their pivots on the shovel.

2. lhe combination with a shovel, ot n. supportingr bail pivot-ed thereto to one side ol' the center of grnvity thereof, ol' a Straight hauling-hail pivoted to the front ol sind shovel and e link pivoted'at one of its ends to the supporting oeil at a point above the pivot ol' Seid heil, and et its opposite end to the hauling-heil et :i point forward of the pivot of seid bail.

I JOHN W. PAGE.' vWitnesses:

L. HEISLAR, J. H. LANDES. 

